A personalized experience gives Carson Morris the knowledge and skills to succeed. Read more
Investing in the Future Care of Tiny Humans
Danielle Gibson enjoys interdisciplinary research at AU as she studies neonatal neuroinflammation and neurodevelopment.Read more
Family + Cohort = Success in Psychology
Dreaming of a doctorate, Markessa McCoy studies hard for a master’s in Psychology but credits her support team with her success.Read more
Lost in the Pandemic and Finding Community
Graduating with a BS degree during the pandemic, Amber Ajamu-Johnson finds community through the AU Graduate Program.Read more
Collaborative Environment Allows Students to Shine
Seeking an environment that would allow students to collaborate with established scientists and scholars, Amber found the AU Graduate Program.Read more
Solving Big Mysteries with Tiny Worms
Dr. Danielle Mor & Graduate Students, Julie Vincent & Nicole Johnson, use C. elegans to better understand Aging, Neurodegenerative Diseases, & the Microbiome.Read more
The Graduate School provides leadership, vision and oversight for many of the Augusta
University graduate programs as well as support for graduate students and faculty.
The Graduate School prepares successful and innovative leaders, scholars, researchers,
educators and clinicians to advance their field and impact their community and the
world. Currently, The Graduate School offers over 45 graduate degree and advanced
certificate programs. The wide range of doctoral, specialist and master’s degree programs,
as well as graduate certificate programs offered, provide outstanding training, research,
clinical and educational opportunities.
The Graduate School aims to provide a rich intellectual, academic and research environment
for educating students to become leaders in the discovery, dissemination, and application
of knowledge. To help facilitate this, our graduate faculty members are selected based
on experience in research, scholarship and education. They are drawn from the faculties
of Augusta University’s College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences, Hull College of Business, Dental College of Georgia, College
of Education and Human Development, College of Science and Mathematics, College of
Nursing, School of Computer & Cyber Sciences and the Medical College of Georgia. Class
sizes are small, and the faculty excels in cultivating and modeling supportive, collegial
and professional relationships with students.
With outstanding programs in Allied Health, Biological and Computational Mathematics,
Biomedical Sciences, Biomolecular Science, Biostatistics, Business, Computer and Cyber
Science, Education, Intelligence and Security Studies, Medical Illustration, Nursing,
and Public Administration- earning a graduate degree from Augusta University is time
well spent!
"We're bringing in wonderful people who love public health from various units, but now, we need to come together and say, ‘We are the School of Public Health,’ and really dive in to create a shared identity,” said Teresa Waters, PhD, dean of AU's proposed School of Public Health.
Jennifer C. Sullivan, PhD, dean of The Graduate School at Augusta University, has secured a five-year, $7.5 million grant to have Augusta University designated as a Specialized Center of Research Excellence on Sex Differences (SCORE) by the NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health.
The Graduate School at Augusta University will host a graduate school fair from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3. This event is open to AU students, as well as anyone who is interested in the graduate programs offered by Augusta University.
The award recognizes an early career independent investigator working in hypertension or cardiovascular research who has significantly contributed to the understanding of the causes of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.